I HATED that Lion took Connie's side, I like Connie, but Lion cmon, he used to be rose, the one that revived you, and he found you, gave you a home and everything and Lion pretty much just abandoned him because of Connie's entitlement
Precisely. Like I understand Connie’s point of fighting with Steven and the giving himself up thing, but he QUITE LITERALLY, returned ALIVE, UNHARMED, from a place where we could have DIED, or been TORTURED, with a probable ATTACK on Earth afterwards, and yet, the ONLY thing she thought about at that moment was “ why didn’t you let me fight with u :( “ not even 10 seconds after his CONFIRMED NON-DEATH, did she think “ thank goodness your alive “ I know she did, but still, realistically a NORMAL human would have taken multiple days to have the argument and resentment that she did, all a NORMAL human would think about, would be the fact that YOU. ARE. ALIVE. even though, still, I understand (kind of) Connie’s point with her argument, that should have came WAY after the fact that Steven returned, like ACTUAL MONTHS (days at the LEAST) this is one of my main reasons why I have a love-hate relationship with Connie, she can be so unnecessary to the point of hatred, but then a episode later she’s saving the world and being adorable with Steven, LIKE WHAT ,:/ and for lion, he didn’t even need to be there, honestly, if he wasn’t I would have been a little less upset with the end of the episode, taking Connie’s side was just unneeded and stupid ‘:l but I agree with your point especially this one completely :)
How is that Connie's fault???? Lion have his own free will don't blame Connie that he chose her, and it's not entitlement, Steven broke his promise and forsake his own life, Connie have the right to be upset, he is a child and he shouldn't have to go through it alone
Dude, Ronaldo may have been an outcast but I don't think he was bullied by the "cool kids"... Literally a huge point of their characters is that they're just chill people who will vibe with anybody as long as they're good people too. The most that would've happened in that case is they wouldn't have vibed with him for very obvious reasons. Ronaldo isn't a bad person, but he's obsessive and shows little empathy to those around him, more focused on his own self interest. It's kinda sad that we don't get a character arc for him. It would've been nice if he and Lars could've come back and grown respect for each other. Cuz yea, Lars was a terrible friend, but Ronaldo wasn't that much better. Also, Lars didn't get rewarded for being a bad friend... He was rewarded for standing up for his friends for the first time ever and putting his life on the line for them
Also the conflict between them as kids, im entirely on Lars’ side with it. Ronaldo was being ignorant and intrusive and lars just stood up for himself. I don’t see what he did wrong at all
@@sketchyartz5167 yea I don't get how Lars was wrong to do that either , I understand why he ripped the photo because no kid deserves to be humiliated in a picture like that
Yeah…thanks for kinda pointing out what I felt was off about the video. Sometimes ppl grow apart. Lars was close but the incident that happened was just a thing that severed the relationship since both clearly had different desires for what they wanted in life. Lars wanted to be accepted by others and Ronaldo wanted to research the paranormal. I don’t hate either party for their actions as kids, and I think the writers felt that it was a conflict that didn’t really need an apology since both acted badly. And then the comment about being “rewarded”? Why is Lars character tied solely to Ronaldo? Lars grew up, did some bad things, but then learned a lesson and was rewarded. His lesson happened as a result of a traumatic situation that he had to overcome. Ronaldo is unrelated to it! SU wanted a character like Ronaldo to prove that even if he’s an outcast, that doesn’t mean he’s a good guy. Lars was also an outcast but he came around to Steven’s humanity. But Ronaldo only saw Steven’s weirdness as worth his time. He served a purpose in the narrative, and he was a jerk. It’s fine to redeem one and not the other.
I hate seeing channels this good with so small a viewer base. A lot of people don't appreciate how hard it is to just get a good script. Let alone to give a good vocal delivery and put good video editing on it. Keep creating man, you've clearly got more going on than just raw talent.
Thank you so much, tech! I'll keep making videos and improving either way but hopefully all of these recent encouraging comments mean something good is on the horizon. ☺️👍
Im guessing they’re thinking of it more like two times the same amount of life experience. Though in reality i think it would add a year or two of life experience to the fusion due to two different experiences growing up n shit, but would still be a child for sure.
@@TheCrowReviewer Same. Besides age is more than just the physical component. Stevonnie may have looked close to an adult, but she still had the collective mind of two kids.
I don't think Kevin is actually attracted to Stevonnie anymore after Alone together tho... I might be missing something, but to me it was very clear he just wanted to bring Stevonnie to hangouts and parties because they're seen as cool and HE wanted to be known as "the guy who brought the coolest kid here" , he kinda flat out says that's exactly his plan. His flirting also seems to just be him being an asshole too and not real attraction.
That's still kinda sus though, since mean flirting is a thing that's for teens and adults. Flirting on a couple of kids is sus, even if they don't look like kids in that instance. Way I saw it, Kevin's episode with the race was him believing there was some trick to Stevonnie (maybe she had her two younger siblings pull a trick on him or something like that). That's the only real explanation that makes sense while allowing his character to hold on to at least a little bit of human dignity.
I think in the car episode, he was taking jabs that sounded sus, simply because his ego was hurt. Everyone saw him flirt and dance with two kids in a "beautiful trenchcoat". If I were the same kinda fBoy, I'd be salty too. So I don't think he actually meant in in a fr flirty kinda way.
@@cladlless Nah, bringing a couple of underaged kids to parties and hangouts because they're seen as cool is one of the creepiest things I've heard all year. I have been avoiding the news though. 🤣👍
Lion can't be blamed, though he is a lion.. He's a cat.. they are switching it up like this.. one time they be loving on yah then the next they bite lol
I personally hated how future ended things, well not all of it, but the part with Pink Diamond and rose. It felt like Steven had FINALLY understood his mom and how she turned out how she was, why she became who she was and all of her flaws.. Then future got like a huge HATE BONER FOR HER. Which I mostly blame the movie for starting. She is not NEARLY the worst and most evil character in the series but is treated like it, which is even worse because she’s the only character who’s “dead” too so they can’t even have her defend herself (or moreso have the writers do it) The song “familiar” is so beautiful showing Steven realizing that his mom was just like him growing up but while he got support and love, she was put down and discouraged. It felt like a beautiful ending to the whole “Steven wanting to live up to his mom’s legacy” arc that was always there. And then they just ruin it with a single character and rub salt in the wound during future. 💎💔
You have to remember, Rose in the end decided to leave Steven and the Gems to deal with her problems. She ran away from everything again in the end and everyone suffered and had to clean up her mess. Even if you argue she couldn't have known things, why would the gems never return to Earth? Even Bismuth was left to rot, just like a certain other gem, just like everyone close to Rose. This is not a good character, this is someone entirely selfish and blind to the world, the very reason she never realized or could handle Pearl. A victim who in the end creates more victims is not a good person. And because she died that way she remains that way. There is no growth to be had, she died a villain unlike villains who lived to become good people.
@@cosmicskydragon333i don't really think rose choice was to leave Steven up to clean her problems. In her perspective, the war on earth was over, there was peace. Why would the gems never return to earth? Did you watched the show? The diamonds stopped caring about earth firstly because it's where pink diamond died (to her knowledge), and the other three diamonds "exterminated" (corrupted) all gems on earth, so they don't have a point to come back (but then the cluster thing happens, peridot's excuse was to go, check in, and leave) IDK why bismuth was left away in a bubble tho
I always hated how Steven never called the gems, the 1s who raised him, & even his own father, his family. They always say “my friends” but aren’t they more than that? Aren’t they your kin?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
But none of the Gems ever refer to Steven as family either? When they speak of Rose they nearly always refer to her as “our friend” or “our Leader”, that axe chops both ways, I think the only exception to this is Pearl during that Uncle Grandpa episode when she called Steven “my baby” (her exact words were “that’s not my baby!” when Pizza Steve showed up dressed as Steven)
The episodes side characters refer to the gems as mom's seems more accurate as their relationship with Steven but they don't know the concept of mothers like Steven and other humans would
I think it's probable that while Steven and the gems are obviously very close, they don't really have a concept of family, even if they're practically one.
Garnet: I won’t let you risk your life! Steven: but this is my home! And you’re all my family!! I’m a Crystal Gem too!!! Steven blocks the hand ship’s laser and saves himself and the gems. Nothing’s wrong with him. You just missed a very important episode apparently.
I think Steven Universe does a really good job at portraying social anxiety through Lars' character arc. He makes and acts on generalizations as a defense mechanism. He never talks to the "cool kids" because he thinks they won't like him, despite how chill and genuine they actually are. Also, his tendency to put others on a pedestal suggests an issue with self worth, as whenever he considers interacting with the "cool kids" he holds himself to an impossibly high standard. His mindset is also really self-centered, as when he tore up Ronaldo's picture he was putting himself first at the expense of others. Then on homeworld things change. As the gem scanners are approaching, he realizes that he is the only person who can stop them. The situation is so dire that his will overpowers his anxiety and instead of allowing his defense mechanisms to hurt others, he takes it upon himself to be their defense mechanism. I think he also realizes that he has a lot more agency than he had thought, as he is invisible to gem technology. Where before he may have thought that what little he could do would only make it worse, he has been shown that he can make things better through his actions, and suddenly action becomes preferable to inaction. The show also makes sure to clarify that he is not 'cured,' as he immediately falls back into his old patterns when he is told about Sadie and the "cool kids." His focus shifts from escaping Emerald and saving the off colors to how unfair it is that Sadie became friends with the "cool kids" and he didn't. He assumes that Sadie is living her life to get back in him for everything he's done. Steven and Connie then explain that even though life on earth goes on he is still missed, and they remind him of his agency and how far he's come since homeworld. After that, he refocuses and gets back to the matter at hand. Anxiety is not some demon sitting in the back of your mind to be immediately exterminated, it's a normal human emotion that has to be managed in a healthy way just like the rest of them.
Imma be real, i actually liked that they're not afraid to show genuine flaws, some of them being that they don't notice their flaws or don't care to fix them. Things like that are just as much a part of the human experience (or i guess i should say the experience of sapience) as everything else.
For a show about being human and the joys of humanity, Steven Universe absolutely SUCKED at writing human decency. A lot of character's terrible motivations come from "i just want to do this no matter who it hurts". Ronaldo, Lars, Sadie... Pink diamond. Their crappy actions always came down to their selfishness and it's never really called out at all. 😭
@@liwkaosmaek9874 Pink went on to emotionally abuse Pearl, psychologically abuse Spinel, physically and psychologically abused Pink Pearl . And whenever she didn't like one particular Gem she would wait till they were alone and sucker punch them out of existing like she did with Bismuth. She's a victim but a victim who created more victims and didn't even attempt to turn good unless you believe her just making Steven is "Good enough". Everything was for her own benefit. And she'd do this all to weaker more vulnerable Gems or humans. She wouldn't dare do this BS to her stronger diamond siblings cuz they'd actually fight back.
i mean, not everyone has a sad backstory to back up every bad action, expecting everyone to have good reasons is less human than it being just out of selfishness or obsession
lapis stole the whole ocean, broke peridot’s record, broke the barn, abandoned peridot on earth, being a coward (with OP water powers) - she didn’t apologised
@@katrinsorokatkat1597 lapis was only in that situation because of PINK'S stupid war. The entire war could've easily been avoided if she had the BALLS to tell her diamonds sisters she was leaving them to defend Earth. They became total pushovers when it came to Steven because they knew he was PINK. The diamonds were hellbent of destroying Earth because they believed a random Rose Quartz destroyed their sister. Every Gem that perished or was damaged by the war owes it to Pink being a Coward and starting a proxy war. Lapis destroying an old Barn has absolutely nothing on what Pink's done to millions of Gems. And at least Lapis is alive to change her ways and apologize. And she has! She gave the ocean back, she befriended Peridot, she came back to save her friends because she realized that leaving them was SELFISH. Can Pink come back and apologize to anyone she's hurt? No, she put it on an innocent kid to fix.
I think Connie’s whole issue with Steven surrendering himself was how he handled it after everything they’ve been through up to that point. Yes, his meltdown was valid & Connie was understanding in the season 2 premiere, but at that point she was still basically a bystander who was part of Steven’s support group. As the show went on, they trained and bonded together. Even if they couldn’t beat every opponent, they saw each other more as equals and would face on whatever Homeworld threw at them together. However, when Topaz & Aquamarine showed up, Steven gave himself up thinking it was best for everyone and when he came back, he tried brushing it off and acted like it was no issue at all. I know that Steven surrendering himself was probably the only way to stop Aquamarine and Topaz at the time, but the way Steven handled it made Connie feel like he didn’t see them as equals despite everything they’ve been through, and then completely ignored it like her feelings don’t even matter. The whole election subplot with Mayor Dewey was even supposed to make Steven realize how Connie felt
I think this is a problem that the show is very Steven-focus, you almost never get episodes or B plots with side characters, so you just don't know how characters act or think without Steven. So for a lot of people (including me) seeing this scene at first felt like trouble from nowhere, like an excuse to give human trouble to Steven just because.
this is exactly what I was thinking! Connie was basically forced to be a bystander or stay out of the missions into space for the first two trips, but the last abduction was supposed to be what they were training for together. Steven unintentionally patronized her, then made her worry sick thinking he was being taken as a believed murderous war criminal straight to the people who loved Rose's "victim" most with seemingly no allies (since no one really realized that Lars was still on the ship). She had every reason to believe Steven just willingly gave himself up to be killed with no practical way out of it, when she feels they could've fought Topaz and Aquamarine off together. To be clear, it's irrational for Connie to think they had a real chance of winning against these foes together at this point in time, but she's a 13 year old kid still riding high after the Jasper defeat and in over her head. She can't really fully understand the situation, and neither can Steven, for that matter. As someone who's lived in the head of a 13 year old girl before, I can understand why she felt the way she did, and I don't think she behaved unreasonably initially after Steven returned. I think it was a bad decision to ghost Steven for, like, a week after such a traumatic event, but again, 13 year old girl. Plus she even says she wanted to reach back out sooner, she just didn't know how to or was too scared and confused to. I think its a stretch to call Steven's time being ghosted "further trauma" since he knows Connie is safe and willingly ignoring him. Its a high expectation for a kid to be the therapist to a half alien hybrid kid caught in the middle of a several thousand year old war while showing no concern for herself and her own emotions. I think this mini arc was an important lesson for kids on communication, boundaries, and friendship. They both owed each other an apology.
EXACTLY THANK YOU! There's also the fact that everyone who talks about this seem to just not realize that this was likely an extremely traumatizing event for Connie too! Like. the first time it happened, she wasn't directly affected by this AT ALL. She didn't even know it was happening until it was already over or close to it, and she wasn't there, and she didn't directly witness anything. But this time, she was THERE. She was helping. And then she had to helplessly stand by and WATCH her best friend, who she had been desperately wanting to help and protect for the whole series to the point that she was willing to disregard her own life for it (see: Do it For Her) And this time she actually COULD have done something to help, but Steven didn't give her that option, and instead just threw everything away to get taken away and presumably executed. Like. That's a lot for a 12 year old to have to witness and deal with, and then afterward Steven just completely brushes it all of like it was nothing. Like, yeah, I don't think completely isolating herself from him was the best course of action, but she's 12 and having to learn how to process this kind of trauma for the first time in her like (presumably) and I honestly don't blame her at all for being upset about it either. Honestly I think it's a complex situation and I don't think either is necessarily in the right
Honestly I think the situation with Lar's and Renaldo is actually somewhat realistic. Some people dont get what they deserve and they either grow from it or stay the same.
I think you're missing a lot of messages of self love and mental health that SU tries to teach. Regarding Connie: emotions aren't supposed to "make sense". You can always try to get to the bottom of why you're feeling something but you don't NEED to do that to validate your emotions. Connie is a person, not a machine or yeswoman for Steven, her disagreeing with how Steven chose to handle the situation is a completely normal thing to happen. No matter how level headed someone may seem or how much they are kind, sometimes they WILL feel something "irrationally" and they will disagree with other people in their life. The best person in the world can also be selfish, prideful or "irrational", it's part of being human, we are flawed creatures with a sense of self (and it's healthy to have one). The issue is society at large has a problem with emotions that are considered negative (sadness, anger, jealousy, pride etc) and we're only allowed to feel those negative emotions only if they make "complete logical sense", which is bullcrap because emotions aren't logic. Therefore a ton of people pretend to not feel things either to not upset other people or because they fear conflict (or both), which only leads to people-pleasing behavior which leads to long term resentment. Homeworld is an exaggerated representation of our society, and Rose fled Homeworld (also) because of such harmful impositions on human (gem) behavior and feelings. Steven Universe (the series) is literally showing how to undo these harmful teachings that cause emotional and psychological suffering, so it's really on brand for them to show characters having "irrational" emotions and being allowed to feel and process them in their own time without having to people-please others. You don't have to agree with someone's emotion for them to be allowed to feel it and take the time they need to process it. Still on this topic, I think you also misunderstand what apologies are meant to be in healthy relationships: it's not about admitting to fault, it's about acknowledging the feelings of the person you want to have a relationship with (not only romantic) and taking >accountability< (not fault) for your part even if you didn't mention to cause harm. Regarding the Cluster and Peridot: again, Homeworld is a representation of our society, they overwork their people and deem doing things that aren't seen as productive to the expansion of the empire as a "waste of time" - which is very very very close to our society which does the same to any activity that's not about earning money or doing chores. We >NEED< rest. Every animal needs it and we also are animals. Rest is extremely beneficial to our physical and mental health. It wouldn't matter working non-stop on the drill to stop the cluster of the work were to be worse in any way due to tiredness or mental stress. Quality over quantity. Steven Universe (show) is about unlearning harmful practices that are considered socially acceptable (or even positive) such as overworking yourself. Feeling good is super important to our personal health and, therefore, is super important to the health of any project we work on. Other than that, I agree with the other things you pointed out!
Idk, I think it was actually pretty mature of Connie to take time away to deal with her feelings, even if made for an annoying arc. When Steven first came home after his ordeal on Homeworld, Connie was more accusatory in the heat of the moment "How could you just give yourself up like that?" "You just gave up!" I think she probably felt conflicted between wanting to be a supportive friend but also addressing her own feelings, so rather than stick around and say something hurtful to somebody she loves, she took a break. When they finally reunited, I think she had a better handle on her feelings and had calmed down. I don't see how you can hear "I'm angry. I miss you. I feel like I'm out of my mind!" And call it "exploding". Yeah it would have been nice for her to text "I don't hate you, but I need time away," but like, they're both teenagers who haven't had therapy lol. Connie's early season "You're the one who's been through everything. The least I could do is listen," is kind, sure, but a person can't push their own feelings aside all the time or they'll start to resent the people they love. A person's problems being arguably bigger than one's own doesn't mean one's own problems aren't problems at all.
Thank you!!!! I feel like the only one who thinks this. At least in short term arguments, it's healthy just to walk away and "cool off" and "process" before you escalate the argument in the heat of the moment, granted Connie should have checked in during that drawn out arc- but it fits her age group behaviour to me. I don't know if anyone remembers about having "big feelings" at Connie's age, if this was her first experience handling such a HUGE blow out with her best friend with such BIG feelings, it makes sense to me that she might feel the need to self-isolate and figure out on her own for the first time.
In my fanfic The Contest of Champions, there's a moment where both Connie AND Lion get chewed out for leaving Steven the way they did. I'd say who did the verbal lashing...but that would be spoilers
Your vids are surprisingly high quality for having such low views. I had to do a double take when I saw your view/sub count, as video essays with quality like yours is usually only seen with 100k+ subs. Subbed! Hoping to see more in the future.
I appreciate that, serpentine! Yeah, I've slowly learnt how to make videos from scratch over the course of a year. At the start I didn't even know what audio leveling was, haha, so maybe one day I'll get good enough to trigger the algorithm but the love right now means the world to me. ❤️🥳
I fell in love with making videos on my phone and since I was already also obsessed with cartoons I thought I'd be cool to turn that random knowledge into content. 😆👌
Yeah, gotta disagree with you about Connie. He did run off to a situation where he effectively thought he'd get unalived, without even trying to fight, to sacrifice himself for everyone else, right after saying they were in things together. Of course she'd be mad! She had every right to be. With Bluebird, Rubies don't seem to be all that.. smart. Clouded by hatred and effectively having everything Aquamarine had ripped away from her, Eyeball's thinking likely overtook most of the critical thinking there. Grief and hatred do make people make dumb decisions and thoughts. Loving your videos so far though, just got recommended your stuff
While Connie did have the right to be upset, she was in NO place to straight up ditch Steven after he risked his life just to save them. It really annoyed me how she was only thinking about herself in that moment of reunion and not even bothering to properly communicate with him instead of just actually being glad Steven even had the opportunity to come back in the first place. Yeah, they're both children and yeah Steven made mistakes too, but I really hate how that scene was portrayed. Both of them were in the wrong, not just Steven. I feel like it should've been addressed that Connie's response to that ordeal was not the best way to handle things. Leaving with Lion was honestly one of the worst things she could have done in that moment. Like come on, he just came back after he risked his life for all of them. And Connie couldn't even wait to talk about it at a better timing. That's gotta be really hurtful in an actual situation. She didn't even say she was happy to see Steven until he himself had to ask that. Really pained me to watch that scene at the beach.
Every human episodes in SU had an unnecessary amount of Steven in it. Like why couldn’t we get a stand alone episode WITHOUT Steven. HE HAD TO BE THERE
THANK YOU. That's my first issue with this show, like compare it with The Owl House or Gravity Falls. Those shows had many scenes without the MC involved and it helped a lot with the worldbuilding and character development. You end up caring more for the people of Gravity Falls or The Boiling Isles than you would ever care for the people of Beach City
The information about the Diamonds taking away weapons is probably in one of the official games, I think it was in the last one (Steven Universe: Unleash the Light), I played it for just a little bit and remember some homeworld gems (the pearls and peridots) mentioning how they won't have their weapons anymore and how they were told to just be themselves and that they aren't under the Diamonds' control anymore.
I feel like this would be better if they made it more like Connie getting slowly but surely more tired of Steven being impulsive. Rather then getting her while personality retconed
14:41 the difference between this time and the other times is that steven had like an actual logical reason to go. first time he got kidnapped, 2nd time his DAD got kidnapped, but this time he didnt have a reason, he just went because he felt like he had to. so it makes sense why connie was mad, it just doesnt make sense why they spent like 12 episodes on this arc also kevins entire character is supposed to be a dickhead idk what to say about lars
I totally agree with the point about Lars but I have to disagree with the one about Connie. it makes sense that she felt bad at that point because they had been training for her to be able to protect him, unlike the other times. She felt bad because Steven basically told her that after all they went through, he didn't believe they and by extension she were capable enough. She needed time to think about her feelings so she could express it. In the end she tells him I care a lot about you, which is why I trained so hard to protect you. I was sad and angry when, after all our training, you didn't believe in me and in us. I think it totally makes sense why she was upset and Steven recognized that. That is why they are such an amazing duo. On the other hand, I thought the way Future treated Rose was kind of like Ronaldo. They forgot about all the good and just kept making her look more and more like the bad guy :|
100% agree. I LOVED Connie up until season 5 and the fact that in Future she cant WAIT to get the F away from him. (Being dramatic here. she has every right to go to college). But liiiike to RAKE steven over the coals like that for leaving her and then to turn around get angry at Steven for being scared about her moving across the country... I get that it's trying to show that people grow and change but it just makes her come off as a self absorbed b*tch.
It always pisses me off in shows when the main charater's animal that they've had forever and had such a close connection start to follow the lead of some bitch ass love interest
Ronaldo: said racist things about the gems, joins the crystal gems without asking, Steven convinces the other gems to let him in, Ronaldo abuses Steven
Connie's situational awareness when they were on homeworld was a zero. Like I get it. The diamonds were the bad guys but like have some respect in the presence of a super powerful being that could crush you like a bug and stop acting like you can behave however you want when you're possibly putting your friends lives in danger
It just goes to show cartoons today have an unwritten agenda based on the creator's personal vendetta against the world and they have an axe to grind. In sort, they have issues they haven't resolved and rather than grow and be mature people, they gaslight innocent children to get validation for their personal agenda.
this could’ve been such an interesting conflict because you could justify both steven and connie’s side. Steven has tge tendency to be the “saviour” and help everybody else even if it may cause more harm (which they later handle in SU future). Connie was rightfully upset that steven just abandoned what they’ve been training for, which is to fight together. too bad they handled it so poorly and made connie look bad.
Except it was a fight that they could not have won, even Alexandrite was useless against Aquamarine and Topaz. All the Crystal Gems were powerless against her space magic wand. Connie just wanted to be the big hero and got salty that Steven attempted to use diplomacy and not brute force. It's not about her and it was egotistical for her to think it was.
This is overall a solid video but I do disagree with you on every point. Mainly the Connie stuff. Connie's actions make perfect sense she's not mad that Steven went to space or that he didn't fuse she's mad that Steven fully gave up and accepted his fate abandoning earth and her right after promising that they would be in this together. From her perspective Steven handed himself over to die rather then try and fight. I also disagree with the argument that lars and sadie didn't deserve their character arks because sadie didn't do anything bad so her ark was already justified and lars still went through major character development sure we could have seen him apologies to ronaldo but when would that have happened lars doesn't return until the last 5 minutes of the final episode and there was no space for it in future.
Fascinating to read a fresh perspective, I never saw it that way for Connie but that does make sense. The key difference was that they fought Aquamarine and Topaz after they committed to earth other, really cool stuff. As for the Lars content, I understand adding it into future would've been a bit jarring but that's why they should've added an apology into the original show. This isn't the first time the series refused to make people who should apologize actually do it, Lapis and Peridot also comes to mind and there was plenty of time for an apology between them. Thanks for your thoughts! 🤩👍
The problem with Connie is that the show treats her as being 100% and Steven as being 100% in the wrong, which isn't true, humans are both logical and emotional, and as emotions cooldown Connie and Steven should have had an actual argument where BOTH apologized
Finally people agree about how bad the entire “but we’re supposed to do it together :(“ Steven and Connie arc was after he returned home alive! it was the most selfless thing Steven couldve done and it saved everyone but Connie for some reason was really childish and idk what she wanted?? to also be in harms way so that people felt bad? like Idk i understand that shes a kid, but I wish the show wouldn’t have taken her side because it quite literally makes no sense
the 3rd SU video game (Unleash The Light) has an equippable item (referred to as "Charms") called "Aquamarine Wand", and part of the item description says "(...) Precisely the type of weapon that's no longer permitted in Era 3!". so what I think might've happened is that Steven must have had a discussion with the Diamonds about the different types of non-summoned weapons (like the Destabilizer) that the Diamonds had given to the kinds of gems that aren't typically capable of summoning weapons. I don't think this is an entirely unreasonable assumption to make, seeing as the movie casually implies that Steven had literally travelled from planet to planet, dismantling the Diamond's empire.
@@Nice_and_Different_and_Unusual This is so cool, after months of not having a source it's nice to know that this information really was confirmed in the canon somewhere! Appreciate you my good fam! ❤️😆
@@Nice_and_Different_and_Unusual I *loved* Attack and Save the light and didn't get the chance to play Unleash at first because it was an Apple exclusive for a few years. I do plan to play it one day though when I get the time to properly immerse myself. 🤩👌
@@TheCrowReviewer I hope you enjoy it! UTL tones the difficulty down a bit and there's not as much fanservice as there is in STL, but the combat mechanics are very polished and satisfying. I would also recommend playing on any system*besides* the Switch, because there are tons of bugs and many things that just don't work, which I doubt they're ever going to fix because why would they lol. there's very little demand for the devs to do so. dunno how well the game works on other systems, but I just wanted to give ya a heads-up.
@Nice_and_Different_and_Unusual Haha, thanks for the heads up dude but no worries there, I'm planning to get the PC port in December! Nice to meet you by the way, you seem chill. 😁
@@JoshuaA1307 For real, that's one of the most frustrating parts for me too but we have to pretend like it was all Cartoon Network's fault for the rushed ending... 😅🙏
I think the show handles relationships really fucking poorly. Everything is so vindictive, everyone asks for understanding, but does very little of it themselves. I liked the early seasons, when it was just fun childish adventures, but the later seasons remind me too much of the people around me that I don't like hanging out with because they only acknowledge their own pain, and only ever superficially recognize the pain of others. "Oh, Im sorry, but you still blah blah blah" is not recognizing anything about the other person, its brushing aside what they feel to put yourself first. Adressing the poor behavior of people around you is important, but there is a time and place, and I feel like this show doesnt transmit that very well.
I…liked Steven Universe. There were parts that confused me, but Connie’s reaction to Steven returning after basically saving her life and the lives of at least four other humans, along with Alexandrite, absolutely INFURIATED me. She couldn’t seem to realize that if not for him, she’d never see her family and friends again - none of the stolen humans would, and that would have major consequences later on. Yeah, Lars died mid-character development, but he got revived. Not sure why that was necessary, but he’s… an okay character for the tropes he was working with. Connie essentially demeaned what was effectively a powerful moment of self-sacrifice that should have been respected and understood because Steven did something that no kid his age should ever have to do, made him feel like garbage for saving five or six lives, and then made him apologize when SHE ‘was ready to talk’. Rebecca, I get you were probably being rushed, and I love your show anyway, but there were better ways to handle THAT arc specifically.
on Lars' and Ronaldo's relationship: sometimes when 2 friends have a falling out where both friends are, to an extent, at fault, there might be too much hurt for either friend to be willing to make amends. friend 1 (Lars) will withhold closure from friend 2 (Ron) for so long, that friend 2 (maybe both friend 1 & 2, in some cases), eventually learns to live with the discomfort of having never resolved their conflict. they might even come to resent one another for their refusal to step forward and admit that they were wrong. I don't think never apologizing or trying to repair his friendship with Ronaldo speaks poorly to Lars' character, or that he's a terrible person because of this-quite the opposite, in fact. I actually think their relationship is a very realistic depiction of how some friendships (unfortunately) end. earlier in the series, Lars seemed to have a habit of not acknowledging his emotions, in an effort to portray himself as an idealized version of himself that Lars had created in his mind. but there's a difference between indifference and ignorance. if you consider all of Lars' relationships, you can draw a parallel between all of them (except for with his parents, I guess). there's a reoccurring theme of genuine fondness, overshadowed by embarrassment. but he's not embarrassed by the other person specifically; he's embarrassed because of what his relationship with said person says about himself. the implications and subtext surrounding the relationship as a whole, not because he thinks lowly of the person he's friends/in a relationship with. I could definitely go on, but I feel like this comment gets my point across well enough as it is lol
Regarding the Lars vs Ronaldo thing, that's actually realistic. When it comes to losing friends to bullying groups as a kid, a friend or part of the group starts hanging out with the bad crew, for any reason, mostly because they bring something "cool" to the table that you don't get with the others, like a sense of power, a sense of confidence, a lot of "fun with just a bit of edge", an open door for starting a s*xual life, just for the heck of it, etc... staying with the "square" friends - and standing up to them - is not as interesting as having a sense of power over other kids for being in a gang, and f*ck Stacy at a kids *rgy party with grass on Friday, or messing with the "wokes" and "chanting words of order against their lunacy", if you get into a neo_liberal crew, for example. And when those friends start getting comfortable with the new crew, start doing what they do without a second thought. Very often it involves bullying the old friends and saying it's not that big a deal, and punishing the nerds if they aren't good sports. The "immigrant friends" become blind to the severity of what they are doing, truly believing it's no big of a deal, and the punishments are deserved. And adults believe in that too, so good luck asking for help and becoming "the bad sport". Next thing you know "the bully friend" went through an entire redemption arc, completely unrelated to what they did to you, everyone say they are a good person now, and YOU better move on. It literally happens that way: people forget COMPLETELY what happened before, even the ones that SAW IT HAPPEN IN PERSON, then after "the redemption arc", even if the bully friend keep doing the same stuff to you, even decades later, nobody cares. Revealing there still are some loose knots to tie before we say everything is OK and the bully friend aren't as good as advertised makes other people feel bad, then they conclude YOU are the problem for the bad feeling, not the "very good bully friend", and YOU are the one that gotta learn to move on. Most instances of bullying just go unsolved forever, because literally nobody cares and what the bullies do serve as confirmation bias, proof or are said to be solved by certain right wing, mainstream popular wisdoms ('boys will be boys', 'just get thick skin', 'if you don't stand up for yourself you like it!', 'be good sport or else', etc), which makes people act in many ways except help, even if they can. (Who wanna be the person that do not do common sense, right?) Anyways, Ronaldo got it easy actually, some people stand up for him, and he does not need to pretend to have moved on. Ronaldo still have to endure for the sake of other friends that do not get the beef yet, but he can literally say "that feels bad, hurts and I am uncomfortable", and other people will not drag him through mud for it. That's BIG.
Tbh.. I’m fine with lars not reconciling, because that doesn’t always happen, sometimes you move on and make new friends without reconciling with everyone you ever wronged, and to me that just feels a ten bit more realistic. I wouldn’t call Lars dying , getting healed, and joining the off-colors a “redemption” it’s more like a “rebirth”, the Lars we knew quite literally died to become who he is today.
When i first watched the series I thought the same as you. However, now I think Connie's perspective makes a lot of sense. She's Steven's best friend, she has trained to be able to keep up with him and his adventures, but when push comes to shove, he sacrifices himself instead of working together with his family. Regardless of what happens after, how would you feel if the person closest to you didn't accept your help in a matter of life and dead? It's horrible. Yes, Steven had a hard time in Homeworld but everyone else just had to continue living without being able to help, unaware if he was alive or dead, unaware if there was sth that could be done or to just grieve. It's not heroic, it's self destructive and Future makes it very clear. Besides, at the beginning of the series she COULDN'T DO nothing more than just listen, but now she's in a position to help, to her it's also that Steven doesn't trust her enough to let her help and then expects her to clap at his return. Her "ego" is just realistic character development.
I don’t think I care how old Stevonnie is. It doesn’t change the fact that’s two kids (at the time that stuff was going on) and Kevin’s attraction to them even after knowing they’re kids is creepy. Also I hated that whole arc with Connie being pissed at Steven. I honestly don’t think she had a lot of reason to be mad at him, but oh no you hurt my feelings so I get to be pissed for multiple episodes. realistically what could she even have done if she went with him. Steven made a split second judgement call to protect everyone or possibly have everyone abducted. What even is more annoying is lion took her side and basically stayed with her the whole time, that ain’t even her lion.
Its just escapism put backwards. Is the same as slave waifus wanting to be kept as salves on isekais ; dont put too much thought about it or you will get to the conclusionthat a whole market in 1 country deserves genetic filters.
Yea, something i noticed with a few of the redemption arks in the show is that the character won’t repent for what they did. But, we know they wouldn’t do those bad things again… does that make sense?
On the Connie thing, people can change. And this situation was *widely* different from the other ones. Lots of stress, and for the first time(I think) Connie was actually there and could have easily gone with Steven. While I like that she didn’t go, she *could* have
You guys are hilarious, first of all I'm black (not that black people can't be racist, haha) and second of all I genuinely don't know what I was thinking when I made that edit. I mean I do, I was thinking that it was hilarious and I think past me was right, sorry. 🤣👍
Wait a minute, he did have a chamce to be a functional adult but his family and the pizza family was feuding so he pretended to be dating one of the girls but he wnded up losing his actual girlfriend. I don't know if he would have fucked it up but maybe be could have made it work and have a lil fry maker who hunts aliens. He really got done dirty by helping the "family", guy should have stayed out of it.
Ronaldo getting robbed out of being a three dimensional character will always be one of my biggest gripes with this series. Every time they give him some sort of plot significance, it always feels like theyre building up to something. The fact that hes always right for the wrong reasons, the fact that he highly respects Steven, the fact that of all the humans we've seen, hes the only one who was genuinely interested in learning aout gem culture beyond "They're magic lesbians". All of that potential, all those openings, just to relegate him to being a background weeaboo.
Tbf imo, it is frustrating to see a character self-sacrifice especially when they don't seemingly have to or when it's displays a clear lack of faith in the hero's ability to help them with their problem. Like for example, in Bleach how many of you thought that Orihime had brain sectors missing (well, more of them missing than usual) when she just gave herself up as a hostage for Aizen. So I think it's an interesting idea to challenge the concept of the self-sacrificer, even if it's done really clumsily.
Yeah, people were shitty to Ronaldo when he was young. But he's an adult, he has the power to be a better person; reason or no, he can decide to process his trauma instead of clinging to his victim-complex. If he grew up and got his own self-sufficient life where he's good to the people around him, he would have all the ground in the world to call Lars out and make it clear exactly how fucked up it was, having already processed it and overcome it himself. Thinking back to Finn chewing out Princess Bubblegum. He did move on, he got his own life and found new people to love, ones who value him and love him back. And when PB starts on her bullshit thinking she can boss him around like a little kid, he calls her out. "No, that won't work anymore. I'm done." He doesn't _need_ an apology from her, he doesn't _need_ her to fix him. He already fixed himself and moved on. And because of this, he can put PB in her place, and she actually has to respect it if she wants to be in his life again. After this PB talks to Finn like an adult and gives him better terms when she asks him for help; less bossing around with secrecy and half-truths and more of an ally giving fair requests with full disclosure of what's at risk and why. Finn could've spent the rest of his life bitching about how PB did him wrong, and refusing to better himself until she apologizes to him. But Finn did the chad move and was like "I'm done. If you want to be friends with me, be a real friend or GTFO". Respect. Also I'll give a little love to Amethyst. Ame is _really_ fucked up most of the show, and 100% deserves the many times she's called out on her bullshit. But then she does the right thing, and proceeds to focus on her issues and slowly teach herself to stop projecting her insecurities all the time, and to own her shit. So by the end of the show when she comes out of her shell again, she's able to help Steven with all she's learned, and ends up being a proper ride-or-die sister for Steven. Amethyst quietly doing a redemption arc correctly.
"Don't worry guys, this character rhat is a fusion of two children is 28 years old." That... That's not how age works, CN. That's not how age works at all.
I think the path to the end was fine until season 4-5ish, but the ending sucks, and steven universe future isn't a proper example of how someone reacts to trauma, I keep hearing steven universe fans say that it is an accurate portrayal of ptsd but it was just grossly exaggerated to the point in making steven actually a horrible person, the fact people think people with ptsd act like that is gross
I honestly wanted to enjoy Steven Universe with the art style and music, but I just had too much issue with how they handled the story and characters to ever get fully invested into it.
dont mean to be an "erm actually" kind of person but I'm pretty sure the episode where Ronaldo becomes a crystal gem temporarily is the episode where Steven starts prioritizing others emotions before his own. (I'm own kind of sure, not certain)
i love ur vids
Thanks, I appreciate that icecream! ❤️
"The only episode of season one with jumpscares"
One word, Fry-bo.
Frybo was fuckin' dark bro.
@@loganon2216 Real
That episode still terrifies me
Nah dude that's 23 words
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I HATED that Lion took Connie's side, I like Connie, but Lion cmon, he used to be rose, the one that revived you, and he found you, gave you a home and everything and Lion pretty much just abandoned him because of Connie's entitlement
Precisely. Like I understand Connie’s point of fighting with Steven and the giving himself up thing, but he QUITE LITERALLY, returned ALIVE, UNHARMED, from a place where we could have DIED, or been TORTURED, with a probable ATTACK on Earth afterwards, and yet, the ONLY thing she thought about at that moment was “ why didn’t you let me fight with u :( “ not even 10 seconds after his CONFIRMED NON-DEATH, did she think “ thank goodness your alive “ I know she did, but still, realistically a NORMAL human would have taken multiple days to have the argument and resentment that she did, all a NORMAL human would think about, would be the fact that YOU. ARE. ALIVE. even though, still, I understand (kind of) Connie’s point with her argument, that should have came WAY after the fact that Steven returned, like ACTUAL MONTHS (days at the LEAST) this is one of my main reasons why I have a love-hate relationship with Connie, she can be so unnecessary to the point of hatred, but then a episode later she’s saving the world and being adorable with Steven, LIKE WHAT ,:/ and for lion, he didn’t even need to be there, honestly, if he wasn’t I would have been a little less upset with the end of the episode, taking Connie’s side was just unneeded and stupid ‘:l but I agree with your point especially this one completely :)
How is that Connie's fault???? Lion have his own free will don't blame Connie that he chose her, and it's not entitlement, Steven broke his promise and forsake his own life, Connie have the right to be upset, he is a child and he shouldn't have to go through it alone
@@Kyss111 I'm not blaminc Connie, I'm blaming Lion, it really pissed me off that he abandoned Steven, more than Connie
I thought rose gave up her physical form to have Steven? Steven isn’t rose?
@@N1stargril But he carries her gem, her legacy
Dude, Ronaldo may have been an outcast but I don't think he was bullied by the "cool kids"... Literally a huge point of their characters is that they're just chill people who will vibe with anybody as long as they're good people too. The most that would've happened in that case is they wouldn't have vibed with him for very obvious reasons. Ronaldo isn't a bad person, but he's obsessive and shows little empathy to those around him, more focused on his own self interest. It's kinda sad that we don't get a character arc for him. It would've been nice if he and Lars could've come back and grown respect for each other. Cuz yea, Lars was a terrible friend, but Ronaldo wasn't that much better. Also, Lars didn't get rewarded for being a bad friend... He was rewarded for standing up for his friends for the first time ever and putting his life on the line for them
Also the conflict between them as kids, im entirely on Lars’ side with it. Ronaldo was being ignorant and intrusive and lars just stood up for himself. I don’t see what he did wrong at all
@@sketchyartz5167 yea I don't get how Lars was wrong to do that either , I understand why he ripped the photo because no kid deserves to be humiliated in a picture like that
Also the dude neglected to mention the fact that Ronaldo tried to kill Lars by sacrificing him to the “spirit”
At this point, it is mandated to be smashed by all kind of chems to write this nonsense. Goodbye future of humanity becoming nigh-immortal.
Yeah…thanks for kinda pointing out what I felt was off about the video. Sometimes ppl grow apart. Lars was close but the incident that happened was just a thing that severed the relationship since both clearly had different desires for what they wanted in life. Lars wanted to be accepted by others and Ronaldo wanted to research the paranormal. I don’t hate either party for their actions as kids, and I think the writers felt that it was a conflict that didn’t really need an apology since both acted badly.
And then the comment about being “rewarded”? Why is Lars character tied solely to Ronaldo? Lars grew up, did some bad things, but then learned a lesson and was rewarded. His lesson happened as a result of a traumatic situation that he had to overcome. Ronaldo is unrelated to it!
SU wanted a character like Ronaldo to prove that even if he’s an outcast, that doesn’t mean he’s a good guy. Lars was also an outcast but he came around to Steven’s humanity. But Ronaldo only saw Steven’s weirdness as worth his time. He served a purpose in the narrative, and he was a jerk. It’s fine to redeem one and not the other.
I hate seeing channels this good with so small a viewer base. A lot of people don't appreciate how hard it is to just get a good script. Let alone to give a good vocal delivery and put good video editing on it. Keep creating man, you've clearly got more going on than just raw talent.
Thank you so much, tech! I'll keep making videos and improving either way but hopefully all of these recent encouraging comments mean something good is on the horizon. ☺️👍
His accent and the speed he talks could certainly use some work though
@@juliaabernathy7441 God damn it, Julia, I can only change one of those things. 🤣👍
All you’re seeing is a point in time with these UA-camrs. This guy will continue to prosper.
@@TheCrowReviewerThere’s no issue with your accent man 😂 I can easily understand what you’re saying
I don't care how they twist it, Stevonnie wasn't an adult, they are two kids in a trenchcoat.
Completely agreed, that adding up ages excuse doesn't fly by me either. 🤔👌
@@TheCrowReviewericehouse
Two kids in an adult body is still two kids because they’re mentally children.
Im guessing they’re thinking of it more like two times the same amount of life experience.
Though in reality i think it would add a year or two of life experience to the fusion due to two different experiences growing up n shit, but would still be a child for sure.
@@TheCrowReviewer
Same. Besides age is more than just the physical component. Stevonnie may have looked close to an adult, but she still had the collective mind of two kids.
I don't think Kevin is actually attracted to Stevonnie anymore after Alone together tho... I might be missing something, but to me it was very clear he just wanted to bring Stevonnie to hangouts and parties because they're seen as cool and HE wanted to be known as "the guy who brought the coolest kid here" , he kinda flat out says that's exactly his plan. His flirting also seems to just be him being an asshole too and not real attraction.
Sadly, some people flirt like that. I've been hit on by a girl saying "I'm into ugly guys"
That's still kinda sus though, since mean flirting is a thing that's for teens and adults. Flirting on a couple of kids is sus, even if they don't look like kids in that instance.
Way I saw it, Kevin's episode with the race was him believing there was some trick to Stevonnie (maybe she had her two younger siblings pull a trick on him or something like that). That's the only real explanation that makes sense while allowing his character to hold on to at least a little bit of human dignity.
I think in the car episode, he was taking jabs that sounded sus, simply because his ego was hurt.
Everyone saw him flirt and dance with two kids in a "beautiful trenchcoat". If I were the same kinda fBoy, I'd be salty too. So I don't think he actually meant in in a fr flirty kinda way.
@@cladlless Nah, bringing a couple of underaged kids to parties and hangouts because they're seen as cool is one of the creepiest things I've heard all year. I have been avoiding the news though. 🤣👍
@@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180 ewww I'm so sorry that happened to you, tf?
Lion can't be blamed, though he is a lion.. He's a cat.. they are switching it up like this.. one time they be loving on yah then the next they bite lol
@@jasperzombwolf5422 As a cat enjoyer this comment cracked me up, you're right if you think about it that way. Feline realism. 😺👌
Fr cats do suck
@@anounimousyesispeltitwrong759 thats not what op said
I personally hated how future ended things, well not all of it, but the part with Pink Diamond and rose. It felt like Steven had FINALLY understood his mom and how she turned out how she was, why she became who she was and all of her flaws.. Then future got like a huge HATE BONER FOR HER. Which I mostly blame the movie for starting. She is not NEARLY the worst and most evil character in the series but is treated like it, which is even worse because she’s the only character who’s “dead” too so they can’t even have her defend herself (or moreso have the writers do it)
The song “familiar” is so beautiful showing Steven realizing that his mom was just like him growing up but while he got support and love, she was put down and discouraged. It felt like a beautiful ending to the whole “Steven wanting to live up to his mom’s legacy” arc that was always there. And then they just ruin it with a single character and rub salt in the wound during future. 💎💔
You have to remember, Rose in the end decided to leave Steven and the Gems to deal with her problems. She ran away from everything again in the end and everyone suffered and had to clean up her mess.
Even if you argue she couldn't have known things, why would the gems never return to Earth?
Even Bismuth was left to rot, just like a certain other gem, just like everyone close to Rose. This is not a good character, this is someone entirely selfish and blind to the world, the very reason she never realized or could handle Pearl. A victim who in the end creates more victims is not a good person. And because she died that way she remains that way. There is no growth to be had, she died a villain unlike villains who lived to become good people.
@@cosmicskydragon333i don't really think rose choice was to leave Steven up to clean her problems. In her perspective, the war on earth was over, there was peace.
Why would the gems never return to earth? Did you watched the show? The diamonds stopped caring about earth firstly because it's where pink diamond died (to her knowledge), and the other three diamonds "exterminated" (corrupted) all gems on earth, so they don't have a point to come back (but then the cluster thing happens, peridot's excuse was to go, check in, and leave)
IDK why bismuth was left away in a bubble tho
I always hated how Steven never called the gems, the 1s who raised him, & even his own father, his family.
They always say “my friends” but aren’t they more than that? Aren’t they your kin?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
But none of the Gems ever refer to Steven as family either? When they speak of Rose they nearly always refer to her as “our friend” or “our Leader”, that axe chops both ways, I think the only exception to this is Pearl during that Uncle Grandpa episode when she called Steven “my baby” (her exact words were “that’s not my baby!” when Pizza Steve showed up dressed as Steven)
The episodes side characters refer to the gems as mom's seems more accurate as their relationship with Steven but they don't know the concept of mothers like Steven and other humans would
I think it's probable that while Steven and the gems are obviously very close, they don't really have a concept of family, even if they're practically one.
@@TheThing4444 & that’s the bollocks of the writing, mon ami.
Garnet: I won’t let you risk your life!
Steven: but this is my home! And you’re all my family!! I’m a Crystal Gem too!!!
Steven blocks the hand ship’s laser and saves himself and the gems. Nothing’s wrong with him. You just missed a very important episode apparently.
I think Steven Universe does a really good job at portraying social anxiety through Lars' character arc. He makes and acts on generalizations as a defense mechanism. He never talks to the "cool kids" because he thinks they won't like him, despite how chill and genuine they actually are. Also, his tendency to put others on a pedestal suggests an issue with self worth, as whenever he considers interacting with the "cool kids" he holds himself to an impossibly high standard. His mindset is also really self-centered, as when he tore up Ronaldo's picture he was putting himself first at the expense of others.
Then on homeworld things change. As the gem scanners are approaching, he realizes that he is the only person who can stop them. The situation is so dire that his will overpowers his anxiety and instead of allowing his defense mechanisms to hurt others, he takes it upon himself to be their defense mechanism. I think he also realizes that he has a lot more agency than he had thought, as he is invisible to gem technology. Where before he may have thought that what little he could do would only make it worse, he has been shown that he can make things better through his actions, and suddenly action becomes preferable to inaction.
The show also makes sure to clarify that he is not 'cured,' as he immediately falls back into his old patterns when he is told about Sadie and the "cool kids." His focus shifts from escaping Emerald and saving the off colors to how unfair it is that Sadie became friends with the "cool kids" and he didn't. He assumes that Sadie is living her life to get back in him for everything he's done. Steven and Connie then explain that even though life on earth goes on he is still missed, and they remind him of his agency and how far he's come since homeworld. After that, he refocuses and gets back to the matter at hand. Anxiety is not some demon sitting in the back of your mind to be immediately exterminated, it's a normal human emotion that has to be managed in a healthy way just like the rest of them.
Kevin party = Diddy party foreshadowing
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Yeah, Kevin got arrested offscreen in future that's what happened.
Kevin was a Diddy disciple
Ain't no party like a kevin party
Imma be real, i actually liked that they're not afraid to show genuine flaws, some of them being that they don't notice their flaws or don't care to fix them. Things like that are just as much a part of the human experience (or i guess i should say the experience of sapience) as everything else.
For a show about being human and the joys of humanity, Steven Universe absolutely SUCKED at writing human decency. A lot of character's terrible motivations come from "i just want to do this no matter who it hurts". Ronaldo, Lars, Sadie... Pink diamond. Their crappy actions always came down to their selfishness and it's never really called out at all. 😭
Pink was abused emotionally at least unlike others...
@@liwkaosmaek9874 Pink went on to emotionally abuse Pearl, psychologically abuse Spinel, physically and psychologically abused Pink Pearl . And whenever she didn't like one particular Gem she would wait till they were alone and sucker punch them out of existing like she did with Bismuth. She's a victim but a victim who created more victims and didn't even attempt to turn good unless you believe her just making Steven is "Good enough". Everything was for her own benefit. And she'd do this all to weaker more vulnerable Gems or humans. She wouldn't dare do this BS to her stronger diamond siblings cuz they'd actually fight back.
i mean, not everyone has a sad backstory to back up every bad action, expecting everyone to have good reasons is less human than it being just out of selfishness or obsession
lapis stole the whole ocean, broke peridot’s record, broke the barn, abandoned peridot on earth, being a coward (with OP water powers) - she didn’t apologised
@@katrinsorokatkat1597 lapis was only in that situation because of PINK'S stupid war. The entire war could've easily been avoided if she had the BALLS to tell her diamonds sisters she was leaving them to defend Earth. They became total pushovers when it came to Steven because they knew he was PINK. The diamonds were hellbent of destroying Earth because they believed a random Rose Quartz destroyed their sister. Every Gem that perished or was damaged by the war owes it to Pink being a Coward and starting a proxy war. Lapis destroying an old Barn has absolutely nothing on what Pink's done to millions of Gems. And at least Lapis is alive to change her ways and apologize. And she has! She gave the ocean back, she befriended Peridot, she came back to save her friends because she realized that leaving them was SELFISH. Can Pink come back and apologize to anyone she's hurt? No, she put it on an innocent kid to fix.
I think Connie’s whole issue with Steven surrendering himself was how he handled it after everything they’ve been through up to that point.
Yes, his meltdown was valid & Connie was understanding in the season 2 premiere, but at that point she was still basically a bystander who was part of Steven’s support group. As the show went on, they trained and bonded together. Even if they couldn’t beat every opponent, they saw each other more as equals and would face on whatever Homeworld threw at them together. However, when Topaz & Aquamarine showed up, Steven gave himself up thinking it was best for everyone and when he came back, he tried brushing it off and acted like it was no issue at all.
I know that Steven surrendering himself was probably the only way to stop Aquamarine and Topaz at the time, but the way Steven handled it made Connie feel like he didn’t see them as equals despite everything they’ve been through, and then completely ignored it like her feelings don’t even matter. The whole election subplot with Mayor Dewey was even supposed to make Steven realize how Connie felt
I think this is a problem that the show is very Steven-focus, you almost never get episodes or B plots with side characters, so you just don't know how characters act or think without Steven. So for a lot of people (including me) seeing this scene at first felt like trouble from nowhere, like an excuse to give human trouble to Steven just because.
this is exactly what I was thinking! Connie was basically forced to be a bystander or stay out of the missions into space for the first two trips, but the last abduction was supposed to be what they were training for together. Steven unintentionally patronized her, then made her worry sick thinking he was being taken as a believed murderous war criminal straight to the people who loved Rose's "victim" most with seemingly no allies (since no one really realized that Lars was still on the ship). She had every reason to believe Steven just willingly gave himself up to be killed with no practical way out of it, when she feels they could've fought Topaz and Aquamarine off together. To be clear, it's irrational for Connie to think they had a real chance of winning against these foes together at this point in time, but she's a 13 year old kid still riding high after the Jasper defeat and in over her head. She can't really fully understand the situation, and neither can Steven, for that matter. As someone who's lived in the head of a 13 year old girl before, I can understand why she felt the way she did, and I don't think she behaved unreasonably initially after Steven returned. I think it was a bad decision to ghost Steven for, like, a week after such a traumatic event, but again, 13 year old girl. Plus she even says she wanted to reach back out sooner, she just didn't know how to or was too scared and confused to. I think its a stretch to call Steven's time being ghosted "further trauma" since he knows Connie is safe and willingly ignoring him.
Its a high expectation for a kid to be the therapist to a half alien hybrid kid caught in the middle of a several thousand year old war while showing no concern for herself and her own emotions. I think this mini arc was an important lesson for kids on communication, boundaries, and friendship. They both owed each other an apology.
EXACTLY THANK YOU! There's also the fact that everyone who talks about this seem to just not realize that this was likely an extremely traumatizing event for Connie too! Like. the first time it happened, she wasn't directly affected by this AT ALL. She didn't even know it was happening until it was already over or close to it, and she wasn't there, and she didn't directly witness anything. But this time, she was THERE. She was helping. And then she had to helplessly stand by and WATCH her best friend, who she had been desperately wanting to help and protect for the whole series to the point that she was willing to disregard her own life for it (see: Do it For Her) And this time she actually COULD have done something to help, but Steven didn't give her that option, and instead just threw everything away to get taken away and presumably executed. Like. That's a lot for a 12 year old to have to witness and deal with, and then afterward Steven just completely brushes it all of like it was nothing. Like, yeah, I don't think completely isolating herself from him was the best course of action, but she's 12 and having to learn how to process this kind of trauma for the first time in her like (presumably) and I honestly don't blame her at all for being upset about it either. Honestly I think it's a complex situation and I don't think either is necessarily in the right
this is awesome bro the quality made me think i was watching a much larger channel
Thank you so much, emperor! ❤️🥳
Honestly I think the situation with Lar's and Renaldo is actually somewhat realistic. Some people dont get what they deserve and they either grow from it or stay the same.
I think you're missing a lot of messages of self love and mental health that SU tries to teach.
Regarding Connie: emotions aren't supposed to "make sense". You can always try to get to the bottom of why you're feeling something but you don't NEED to do that to validate your emotions. Connie is a person, not a machine or yeswoman for Steven, her disagreeing with how Steven chose to handle the situation is a completely normal thing to happen. No matter how level headed someone may seem or how much they are kind, sometimes they WILL feel something "irrationally" and they will disagree with other people in their life. The best person in the world can also be selfish, prideful or "irrational", it's part of being human, we are flawed creatures with a sense of self (and it's healthy to have one). The issue is society at large has a problem with emotions that are considered negative (sadness, anger, jealousy, pride etc) and we're only allowed to feel those negative emotions only if they make "complete logical sense", which is bullcrap because emotions aren't logic. Therefore a ton of people pretend to not feel things either to not upset other people or because they fear conflict (or both), which only leads to people-pleasing behavior which leads to long term resentment. Homeworld is an exaggerated representation of our society, and Rose fled Homeworld (also) because of such harmful impositions on human (gem) behavior and feelings. Steven Universe (the series) is literally showing how to undo these harmful teachings that cause emotional and psychological suffering, so it's really on brand for them to show characters having "irrational" emotions and being allowed to feel and process them in their own time without having to people-please others. You don't have to agree with someone's emotion for them to be allowed to feel it and take the time they need to process it. Still on this topic, I think you also misunderstand what apologies are meant to be in healthy relationships: it's not about admitting to fault, it's about acknowledging the feelings of the person you want to have a relationship with (not only romantic) and taking >accountability< (not fault) for your part even if you didn't mention to cause harm.
Regarding the Cluster and Peridot: again, Homeworld is a representation of our society, they overwork their people and deem doing things that aren't seen as productive to the expansion of the empire as a "waste of time" - which is very very very close to our society which does the same to any activity that's not about earning money or doing chores. We >NEED< rest. Every animal needs it and we also are animals. Rest is extremely beneficial to our physical and mental health. It wouldn't matter working non-stop on the drill to stop the cluster of the work were to be worse in any way due to tiredness or mental stress. Quality over quantity. Steven Universe (show) is about unlearning harmful practices that are considered socially acceptable (or even positive) such as overworking yourself. Feeling good is super important to our personal health and, therefore, is super important to the health of any project we work on.
Other than that, I agree with the other things you pointed out!
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This comment is art. 👍✨
Yeah, not reading
@@radjiledessinateur6155 Woahh, who asked???
@@radjiledessinateur6155 bro watched a 20 minute video and can't even read a comment that takes less than that lol /lh
Idk, I think it was actually pretty mature of Connie to take time away to deal with her feelings, even if made for an annoying arc.
When Steven first came home after his ordeal on Homeworld, Connie was more accusatory in the heat of the moment "How could you just give yourself up like that?" "You just gave up!" I think she probably felt conflicted between wanting to be a supportive friend but also addressing her own feelings, so rather than stick around and say something hurtful to somebody she loves, she took a break.
When they finally reunited, I think she had a better handle on her feelings and had calmed down. I don't see how you can hear "I'm angry. I miss you. I feel like I'm out of my mind!" And call it "exploding".
Yeah it would have been nice for her to text "I don't hate you, but I need time away," but like, they're both teenagers who haven't had therapy lol.
Connie's early season "You're the one who's been through everything. The least I could do is listen," is kind, sure, but a person can't push their own feelings aside all the time or they'll start to resent the people they love. A person's problems being arguably bigger than one's own doesn't mean one's own problems aren't problems at all.
Exactly !!
I don't agree on his take on Connie during the video. I agree with you 100%
Thank you!!!! I feel like the only one who thinks this. At least in short term arguments, it's healthy just to walk away and "cool off" and "process" before you escalate the argument in the heat of the moment, granted Connie should have checked in during that drawn out arc- but it fits her age group behaviour to me. I don't know if anyone remembers about having "big feelings" at Connie's age, if this was her first experience handling such a HUGE blow out with her best friend with such BIG feelings, it makes sense to me that she might feel the need to self-isolate and figure out on her own for the first time.
Thank you, someone who understands Connie's character!!
In my fanfic The Contest of Champions, there's a moment where both Connie AND Lion get chewed out for leaving Steven the way they did.
I'd say who did the verbal lashing...but that would be spoilers
That name reminds me if a Linkara arc
Link?
My top 3 guesses are pearl, garnet or Steven's dad
@@0XBlondie96X0 can't find it on ao3 or whattpad
Link, please.
Your vids are surprisingly high quality for having such low views. I had to do a double take when I saw your view/sub count, as video essays with quality like yours is usually only seen with 100k+ subs. Subbed! Hoping to see more in the future.
I appreciate that, serpentine! Yeah, I've slowly learnt how to make videos from scratch over the course of a year. At the start I didn't even know what audio leveling was, haha, so maybe one day I'll get good enough to trigger the algorithm but the love right now means the world to me. ❤️🥳
I loved steven universe (...still do, tbh) and really really enjoy your takes on the characters and writing, great work! Super high quality
10:14 that was just dirty....
Comedy
Uncle ruckus intensifies
How did you get started with UA-cam? Love most of the stuff you’ve been posting so far!
I fell in love with making videos on my phone and since I was already also obsessed with cartoons I thought I'd be cool to turn that random knowledge into content. 😆👌
Yeah, gotta disagree with you about Connie. He did run off to a situation where he effectively thought he'd get unalived, without even trying to fight, to sacrifice himself for everyone else, right after saying they were in things together. Of course she'd be mad! She had every right to be.
With Bluebird, Rubies don't seem to be all that.. smart. Clouded by hatred and effectively having everything Aquamarine had ripped away from her, Eyeball's thinking likely overtook most of the critical thinking there. Grief and hatred do make people make dumb decisions and thoughts.
Loving your videos so far though, just got recommended your stuff
While Connie did have the right to be upset, she was in NO place to straight up ditch Steven after he risked his life just to save them. It really annoyed me how she was only thinking about herself in that moment of reunion and not even bothering to properly communicate with him instead of just actually being glad Steven even had the opportunity to come back in the first place. Yeah, they're both children and yeah Steven made mistakes too, but I really hate how that scene was portrayed. Both of them were in the wrong, not just Steven. I feel like it should've been addressed that Connie's response to that ordeal was not the best way to handle things. Leaving with Lion was honestly one of the worst things she could have done in that moment. Like come on, he just came back after he risked his life for all of them. And Connie couldn't even wait to talk about it at a better timing. That's gotta be really hurtful in an actual situation. She didn't even say she was happy to see Steven until he himself had to ask that. Really pained me to watch that scene at the beach.
Every human episodes in SU had an unnecessary amount of Steven in it. Like why couldn’t we get a stand alone episode WITHOUT Steven. HE HAD TO BE THERE
Well the show is in his POV
@@gimmekromer1151 True
@@gimmekromer1151they took that statement so literally that we got no room to breath without him.
It’s super annoying.
THANK YOU. That's my first issue with this show, like compare it with The Owl House or Gravity Falls. Those shows had many scenes without the MC involved and it helped a lot with the worldbuilding and character development. You end up caring more for the people of Gravity Falls or The Boiling Isles than you would ever care for the people of Beach City
@@gimmekromer1151 the owl house is in Luz's pov but we get plenty of episodes without her
Bob thinks Bob is Bob is Bob is bob
You know what, this is giving Bob. 😆👍
The information about the Diamonds taking away weapons is probably in one of the official games, I think it was in the last one (Steven Universe: Unleash the Light), I played it for just a little bit and remember some homeworld gems (the pearls and peridots) mentioning how they won't have their weapons anymore and how they were told to just be themselves and that they aren't under the Diamonds' control anymore.
The way Rocknaldo criticizes and make fun of the fandom is poetic, also I differ, it was a good episode just for that
I still hate Ronaldo!
Bro I'm the same way.
Oh so I'm not the only one
Oh no, you're summoning hate from the mud dimension.
God I hate when people confuse working on yourself as a redemption arc
I side with Connie id first be worried if the person I loved sacrificed themselves for me then be upset at them and confused
When I read human decency I thought you were gonna talk about their outfits lol
"In water chimps will drown" LMAO
@@unlikelyend7737 When I get cancelled in a year or two you can say you were there to see it happen. 😏👌
The cancellation might be incoming!
@@Carbontheshifter Nah, I have 2 cards that make me immune to this being able to cancel me. The first one is that I'm black. 😉👌
I feel like this would be better if they made it more like Connie getting slowly but surely more tired of Steven being impulsive. Rather then getting her while personality retconed
4:36 I never knew Steven can swear 💀
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14:41 the difference between this time and the other times is that steven had like an actual logical reason to go. first time he got kidnapped, 2nd time his DAD got kidnapped, but this time he didnt have a reason, he just went because he felt like he had to. so it makes sense why connie was mad, it just doesnt make sense why they spent like 12 episodes on this arc
also kevins entire character is supposed to be a dickhead
idk what to say about lars
I totally agree with the point about Lars but I have to disagree with the one about Connie. it makes sense that she felt bad at that point because they had been training for her to be able to protect him, unlike the other times. She felt bad because Steven basically told her that after all they went through, he didn't believe they and by extension she were capable enough. She needed time to think about her feelings so she could express it. In the end she tells him I care a lot about you, which is why I trained so hard to protect you. I was sad and angry when, after all our training, you didn't believe in me and in us. I think it totally makes sense why she was upset and Steven recognized that. That is why they are such an amazing duo. On the other hand, I thought the way Future treated Rose was kind of like Ronaldo. They forgot about all the good and just kept making her look more and more like the bad guy :|
BOLD to use the chimp cutaway with CONNIE. Lmao
10:14
@@Loast_Toast Haha, this the kind of joke that'll get me cancelled 5 years down the line.
@@TheCrowReviewer I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me laugh
2:08 Sums it up haha.
100% agree. I LOVED Connie up until season 5 and the fact that in Future she cant WAIT to get the F away from him. (Being dramatic here. she has every right to go to college). But liiiike to RAKE steven over the coals like that for leaving her and then to turn around get angry at Steven for being scared about her moving across the country... I get that it's trying to show that people grow and change but it just makes her come off as a self absorbed b*tch.
It always pisses me off in shows when the main charater's animal that they've had forever and had such a close connection start to follow the lead of some bitch ass love interest
I recognize that Danganronpa music and I love it
@@lynntheangel4261 Fellow Danganronpa fans are very much welcomed here my friend! 🤩👍
Ronaldo: said racist things about the gems, joins the crystal gems without asking, Steven convinces the other gems to let him in, Ronaldo abuses Steven
Steven be like: When she breaks your heart and takes the car 💔
Mn, you really didn't understand why Connie was mad with steven.
Connie's situational awareness when they were on homeworld was a zero. Like I get it. The diamonds were the bad guys but like have some respect in the presence of a super powerful being that could crush you like a bug and stop acting like you can behave however you want when you're possibly putting your friends lives in danger
A reviewer that uses Danganronpa music? Sign me up
A viewer that *appreciates, recognizes and loves* Danganronpa music? Please God give me more
It just goes to show cartoons today have an unwritten agenda based on the creator's personal vendetta against the world and they have an axe to grind. In sort, they have issues they haven't resolved and rather than grow and be mature people, they gaslight innocent children to get validation for their personal agenda.
Love that you recap the episodes
this could’ve been such an interesting conflict because you could justify both steven and connie’s side. Steven has tge tendency to be the “saviour” and help everybody else even if it may cause more harm (which they later handle in SU future). Connie was rightfully upset that steven just abandoned what they’ve been training for, which is to fight together. too bad they handled it so poorly and made connie look bad.
Except it was a fight that they could not have won, even Alexandrite was useless against Aquamarine and Topaz. All the Crystal Gems were powerless against her space magic wand.
Connie just wanted to be the big hero and got salty that Steven attempted to use diplomacy and not brute force. It's not about her and it was egotistical for her to think it was.
That thumbnail is very SUS.
This is overall a solid video but I do disagree with you on every point. Mainly the Connie stuff. Connie's actions make perfect sense she's not mad that Steven went to space or that he didn't fuse she's mad that Steven fully gave up and accepted his fate abandoning earth and her right after promising that they would be in this together. From her perspective Steven handed himself over to die rather then try and fight. I also disagree with the argument that lars and sadie didn't deserve their character arks because sadie didn't do anything bad so her ark was already justified and lars still went through major character development sure we could have seen him apologies to ronaldo but when would that have happened lars doesn't return until the last 5 minutes of the final episode and there was no space for it in future.
Fascinating to read a fresh perspective, I never saw it that way for Connie but that does make sense. The key difference was that they fought Aquamarine and Topaz after they committed to earth other, really cool stuff. As for the Lars content, I understand adding it into future would've been a bit jarring but that's why they should've added an apology into the original show. This isn't the first time the series refused to make people who should apologize actually do it, Lapis and Peridot also comes to mind and there was plenty of time for an apology between them. Thanks for your thoughts! 🤩👍
Its pretty realistic actually,people often dont apologise
@@gimmekromer1151 but it isnt good message for kids, the kids will learn to not apologize and make the victim apologize instead of themselves
@@paranaenselol Not necessarily
The problem with Connie is that the show treats her as being 100% and Steven as being 100% in the wrong, which isn't true, humans are both logical and emotional, and as emotions cooldown Connie and Steven should have had an actual argument where BOTH apologized
Finally people agree about how bad the entire “but we’re supposed to do it together :(“ Steven and Connie arc was after he returned home alive! it was the most selfless thing Steven couldve done and it saved everyone but Connie for some reason was really childish and idk what she wanted?? to also be in harms way so that people felt bad? like Idk i understand that shes a kid, but I wish the show wouldn’t have taken her side because it quite literally makes no sense
10:13 Uncel Ruckes theme intensifies
Connie's speech should've been a lot more like Katara's to her father on the beggining of season three.
the 3rd SU video game (Unleash The Light) has an equippable item (referred to as "Charms") called "Aquamarine Wand", and part of the item description says "(...) Precisely the type of weapon that's no longer permitted in Era 3!".
so what I think might've happened is that Steven must have had a discussion with the Diamonds about the different types of non-summoned weapons (like the Destabilizer) that the Diamonds had given to the kinds of gems that aren't typically capable of summoning weapons.
I don't think this is an entirely unreasonable assumption to make, seeing as the movie casually implies that Steven had literally travelled from planet to planet, dismantling the Diamond's empire.
@@Nice_and_Different_and_Unusual This is so cool, after months of not having a source it's nice to know that this information really was confirmed in the canon somewhere! Appreciate you my good fam! ❤️😆
@@TheCrowReviewer woo! being 1 of the 7 people in the entire world who still play the SU games finally paid off! I can die happy now😎😌⚰️☮️
@@Nice_and_Different_and_Unusual I *loved* Attack and Save the light and didn't get the chance to play Unleash at first because it was an Apple exclusive for a few years. I do plan to play it one day though when I get the time to properly immerse myself. 🤩👌
@@TheCrowReviewer I hope you enjoy it! UTL tones the difficulty down a bit and there's not as much fanservice as there is in STL, but the combat mechanics are very polished and satisfying.
I would also recommend playing on any system*besides* the Switch, because there are tons of bugs and many things that just don't work, which I doubt they're ever going to fix because why would they lol. there's very little demand for the devs to do so. dunno how well the game works on other systems, but I just wanted to give ya a heads-up.
@Nice_and_Different_and_Unusual Haha, thanks for the heads up dude but no worries there, I'm planning to get the PC port in December! Nice to meet you by the way, you seem chill. 😁
you accent is very unique
sometimes when you say character i think you're saying "corruptor"
very nice video
That's what happens when you were born ♪ on a tropical island. ♫ Thank you so much! 😆
This useless arc lasted 5 episodes…. THATS FIVE EPISODES WE COULDVE USED FOR THE FINALE
@@JoshuaA1307 For real, that's one of the most frustrating parts for me too but we have to pretend like it was all Cartoon Network's fault for the rushed ending... 😅🙏
Aquamarine is acting like a toddler whose iPad was taken from her
I think the show handles relationships really fucking poorly. Everything is so vindictive, everyone asks for understanding, but does very little of it themselves. I liked the early seasons, when it was just fun childish adventures, but the later seasons remind me too much of the people around me that I don't like hanging out with because they only acknowledge their own pain, and only ever superficially recognize the pain of others. "Oh, Im sorry, but you still blah blah blah" is not recognizing anything about the other person, its brushing aside what they feel to put yourself first. Adressing the poor behavior of people around you is important, but there is a time and place, and I feel like this show doesnt transmit that very well.
13:48 idk why but I think Aquamarine’s design from Steven Universe reminds me of Cirno’s design from Touhou.
I love how respectful this comment section is
I…liked Steven Universe. There were parts that confused me, but Connie’s reaction to Steven returning after basically saving her life and the lives of at least four other humans, along with Alexandrite, absolutely INFURIATED me. She couldn’t seem to realize that if not for him, she’d never see her family and friends again - none of the stolen humans would, and that would have major consequences later on. Yeah, Lars died mid-character development, but he got revived. Not sure why that was necessary, but he’s… an okay character for the tropes he was working with. Connie essentially demeaned what was effectively a powerful moment of self-sacrifice that should have been respected and understood because Steven did something that no kid his age should ever have to do, made him feel like garbage for saving five or six lives, and then made him apologize when SHE ‘was ready to talk’.
Rebecca, I get you were probably being rushed, and I love your show anyway, but there were better ways to handle THAT arc specifically.
I still think it’s funny that Ronaldo PREDICTED THE ENTIRE PLOT WITH THE DIAMONDS 💎
Rebecca sugar writing characters horribly? No way!
10:35 what’s the name of that song
on Lars' and Ronaldo's relationship: sometimes when 2 friends have a falling out where both friends are, to an extent, at fault, there might be too much hurt for either friend to be willing to make amends. friend 1 (Lars) will withhold closure from friend 2 (Ron) for so long, that friend 2 (maybe both friend 1 & 2, in some cases), eventually learns to live with the discomfort of having never resolved their conflict. they might even come to resent one another for their refusal to step forward and admit that they were wrong.
I don't think never apologizing or trying to repair his friendship with Ronaldo speaks poorly to Lars' character, or that he's a terrible person because of this-quite the opposite, in fact. I actually think their relationship is a very realistic depiction of how some friendships (unfortunately) end. earlier in the series, Lars seemed to have a habit of not acknowledging his emotions, in an effort to portray himself as an idealized version of himself that Lars had created in his mind.
but there's a difference between indifference and ignorance. if you consider all of Lars' relationships, you can draw a parallel between all of them (except for with his parents, I guess). there's a reoccurring theme of genuine fondness, overshadowed by embarrassment. but he's not embarrassed by the other person specifically; he's embarrassed because of what his relationship with said person says about himself. the implications and subtext surrounding the relationship as a whole, not because he thinks lowly of the person he's friends/in a relationship with.
I could definitely go on, but I feel like this comment gets my point across well enough as it is lol
10:16 was foul 😭
Regarding the Lars vs Ronaldo thing, that's actually realistic. When it comes to losing friends to bullying groups as a kid, a friend or part of the group starts hanging out with the bad crew, for any reason, mostly because they bring something "cool" to the table that you don't get with the others, like a sense of power, a sense of confidence, a lot of "fun with just a bit of edge", an open door for starting a s*xual life, just for the heck of it, etc... staying with the "square" friends - and standing up to them - is not as interesting as having a sense of power over other kids for being in a gang, and f*ck Stacy at a kids *rgy party with grass on Friday, or messing with the "wokes" and "chanting words of order against their lunacy", if you get into a neo_liberal crew, for example.
And when those friends start getting comfortable with the new crew, start doing what they do without a second thought. Very often it involves bullying the old friends and saying it's not that big a deal, and punishing the nerds if they aren't good sports. The "immigrant friends" become blind to the severity of what they are doing, truly believing it's no big of a deal, and the punishments are deserved. And adults believe in that too, so good luck asking for help and becoming "the bad sport".
Next thing you know "the bully friend" went through an entire redemption arc, completely unrelated to what they did to you, everyone say they are a good person now, and YOU better move on. It literally happens that way: people forget COMPLETELY what happened before, even the ones that SAW IT HAPPEN IN PERSON, then after "the redemption arc", even if the bully friend keep doing the same stuff to you, even decades later, nobody cares. Revealing there still are some loose knots to tie before we say everything is OK and the bully friend aren't as good as advertised makes other people feel bad, then they conclude YOU are the problem for the bad feeling, not the "very good bully friend", and YOU are the one that gotta learn to move on.
Most instances of bullying just go unsolved forever, because literally nobody cares and what the bullies do serve as confirmation bias, proof or are said to be solved by certain right wing, mainstream popular wisdoms ('boys will be boys', 'just get thick skin', 'if you don't stand up for yourself you like it!', 'be good sport or else', etc), which makes people act in many ways except help, even if they can. (Who wanna be the person that do not do common sense, right?)
Anyways, Ronaldo got it easy actually, some people stand up for him, and he does not need to pretend to have moved on. Ronaldo still have to endure for the sake of other friends that do not get the beef yet, but he can literally say "that feels bad, hurts and I am uncomfortable", and other people will not drag him through mud for it. That's BIG.
Tbh.. I’m fine with lars not reconciling, because that doesn’t always happen, sometimes you move on and make new friends without reconciling with everyone you ever wronged, and to me that just feels a ten bit more realistic.
I wouldn’t call Lars dying , getting healed, and joining the off-colors a “redemption” it’s more like a “rebirth”, the Lars we knew quite literally died to become who he is today.
When i first watched the series I thought the same as you. However, now I think Connie's perspective makes a lot of sense. She's Steven's best friend, she has trained to be able to keep up with him and his adventures, but when push comes to shove, he sacrifices himself instead of working together with his family. Regardless of what happens after, how would you feel if the person closest to you didn't accept your help in a matter of life and dead? It's horrible. Yes, Steven had a hard time in Homeworld but everyone else just had to continue living without being able to help, unaware if he was alive or dead, unaware if there was sth that could be done or to just grieve. It's not heroic, it's self destructive and Future makes it very clear. Besides, at the beginning of the series she COULDN'T DO nothing more than just listen, but now she's in a position to help, to her it's also that Steven doesn't trust her enough to let her help and then expects her to clap at his return. Her "ego" is just realistic character development.
I don’t think I care how old Stevonnie is. It doesn’t change the fact that’s two kids (at the time that stuff was going on) and Kevin’s attraction to them even after knowing they’re kids is creepy.
Also I hated that whole arc with Connie being pissed at Steven. I honestly don’t think she had a lot of reason to be mad at him, but oh no you hurt my feelings so I get to be pissed for multiple episodes. realistically what could she even have done if she went with him. Steven made a split second judgement call to protect everyone or possibly have everyone abducted. What even is more annoying is lion took her side and basically stayed with her the whole time, that ain’t even her lion.
I like your voice and accent keep up the good work, I'm positive you'll get your footing you sir got a sub
I appreciate that, Reiko! I'll keep working on this channel, I won't give up! ❤️🥳
Its just escapism put backwards.
Is the same as slave waifus wanting to be kept as salves on isekais ; dont put too much thought about it or you will get to the conclusionthat a whole market in 1 country deserves genetic filters.
Take it easy son it's just a drawing
Yea, something i noticed with a few of the redemption arks in the show is that the character won’t repent for what they did. But, we know they wouldn’t do those bad things again… does that make sense?
On the Connie thing, people can change. And this situation was *widely* different from the other ones. Lots of stress, and for the first time(I think) Connie was actually there and could have easily gone with Steven. While I like that she didn’t go, she *could* have
10:14 Did he just made Conny a chimp?
Yep. He did.
@@NULL-VI Guess it's time to send him to jail for racism
You guys are hilarious, first of all I'm black (not that black people can't be racist, haha) and second of all I genuinely don't know what I was thinking when I made that edit. I mean I do, I was thinking that it was hilarious and I think past me was right, sorry. 🤣👍
@@TheCrowReviewer Oh, your looking for excuses now? Hahaha!/joking
@@TheCrowReviewer Relax bro, we get it. Mishaps happen sometimes. This one's just way too funny😂
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10:14 this was diabolical
17:16 it definitely didn’t lmao
[kicks down door] *Is that Danganronpa music*
DON"T WORRY MAN I"LL HELP YOU OUTTA THAT BOX!!
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Wait a minute, he did have a chamce to be a functional adult but his family and the pizza family was feuding so he pretended to be dating one of the girls but he wnded up losing his actual girlfriend. I don't know if he would have fucked it up but maybe be could have made it work and have a lil fry maker who hunts aliens. He really got done dirty by helping the "family", guy should have stayed out of it.
Ronaldo getting robbed out of being a three dimensional character will always be one of my biggest gripes with this series. Every time they give him some sort of plot significance, it always feels like theyre building up to something. The fact that hes always right for the wrong reasons, the fact that he highly respects Steven, the fact that of all the humans we've seen, hes the only one who was genuinely interested in learning aout gem culture beyond "They're magic lesbians". All of that potential, all those openings, just to relegate him to being a background weeaboo.
Tbf imo, it is frustrating to see a character self-sacrifice especially when they don't seemingly have to or when it's displays a clear lack of faith in the hero's ability to help them with their problem. Like for example, in Bleach how many of you thought that Orihime had brain sectors missing (well, more of them missing than usual) when she just gave herself up as a hostage for Aizen.
So I think it's an interesting idea to challenge the concept of the self-sacrificer, even if it's done really clumsily.
Nah Connie was the backbone and she was allowed to call him out
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Yeah, people were shitty to Ronaldo when he was young. But he's an adult, he has the power to be a better person; reason or no, he can decide to process his trauma instead of clinging to his victim-complex.
If he grew up and got his own self-sufficient life where he's good to the people around him, he would have all the ground in the world to call Lars out and make it clear exactly how fucked up it was, having already processed it and overcome it himself.
Thinking back to Finn chewing out Princess Bubblegum. He did move on, he got his own life and found new people to love, ones who value him and love him back. And when PB starts on her bullshit thinking she can boss him around like a little kid, he calls her out. "No, that won't work anymore. I'm done." He doesn't _need_ an apology from her, he doesn't _need_ her to fix him. He already fixed himself and moved on.
And because of this, he can put PB in her place, and she actually has to respect it if she wants to be in his life again. After this PB talks to Finn like an adult and gives him better terms when she asks him for help; less bossing around with secrecy and half-truths and more of an ally giving fair requests with full disclosure of what's at risk and why.
Finn could've spent the rest of his life bitching about how PB did him wrong, and refusing to better himself until she apologizes to him. But Finn did the chad move and was like "I'm done. If you want to be friends with me, be a real friend or GTFO". Respect.
Also I'll give a little love to Amethyst. Ame is _really_ fucked up most of the show, and 100% deserves the many times she's called out on her bullshit. But then she does the right thing, and proceeds to focus on her issues and slowly teach herself to stop projecting her insecurities all the time, and to own her shit. So by the end of the show when she comes out of her shell again, she's able to help Steven with all she's learned, and ends up being a proper ride-or-die sister for Steven. Amethyst quietly doing a redemption arc correctly.
You cant feel good if you are dead steven 21:06
Fr, That little boy is sketchy. 🤭👍
@@TheCrowReviewer Aint that the truth.
"Don't worry guys, this character rhat is a fusion of two children is 28 years old."
That... That's not how age works, CN. That's not how age works at all.
I think the path to the end was fine until season 4-5ish, but the ending sucks, and steven universe future isn't a proper example of how someone reacts to trauma, I keep hearing steven universe fans say that it is an accurate portrayal of ptsd but it was just grossly exaggerated to the point in making steven actually a horrible person, the fact people think people with ptsd act like that is gross
10:16 I don't get it.....
I haven’t seen this show since I was 8 years old. All I remember was it was my gay awakening
I honestly wanted to enjoy Steven Universe with the art style and music, but I just had too much issue with how they handled the story and characters to ever get fully invested into it.
Took me 1:26 to realise you put danganronpa soundtrack 😭
@@AlyaAdrianna-nk2tx I love you platonically, Danganronpa fans are appreciated around here! 😎
dont mean to be an "erm actually" kind of person but I'm pretty sure the episode where Ronaldo becomes a crystal gem temporarily is the episode where Steven starts prioritizing others emotions before his own. (I'm own kind of sure, not certain)
Ya most of the human were pretty terrible in the show